1 dead, 6 wounded in overnight shootings

Peter NickeasTribune reporter

A man shot in a parking lot in the Chatham neighborhood died of his wounds, one of seven people shot Saturday night and Sunday morning across the city.

The 22-year-old man died of his wounds after being shot in the shoulder about 2:20 a.m. near the corner of 75th Street and Rhodes Avenue on the South Side, police said. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro said. The Cook County medical examiner's office was notified of his death but the man's family has not been notified yet, authorities said.

Elsewhere across the city:

• An SUV pulled alongside another vehicle and someone inside the SUV opened fire, striking a 16-year-old boy in the other vehicle, News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak said. The shooting happened about 3 a.m. just north of 40th Street on Western Avenue in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side, police said. The boy was shot in the thigh and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital.

• A woman and a girl were driven to St. Bernard Hospital and Healthcare Center by a friend after they were shot about 2:15 a.m. while trying to leave a parking lot in Englewood. The three were pulling away from a parking space in the 5800 block of South Wood Street when a group of males outside started arguing and someone opened fire, Alfaro said. A 16-year-old girl was shot in the upper lip and a 23-year-old woman suffered a graze wound to the abdomen, Alfaro said.

• About 1:20 a.m. in the 1300 block of West 78th Street in the Greshman neighborhood on the South Side, a 20-year-old man standing on a sidewalk heard shots and felt pain. Someone shot him. He was hit in the left buttocks and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where his condition had stabilized, Alfaro said.

• A 22-year-old woman standing outside of a garage at a party in the Belmont Central neighborhood was shot in the foot about 12:45 a.m. Two males approached the party, in the 2800 block of North McVicker Avenue, and fought with another male. One of them opened fire while walking away, hitting the woman in the foot, Alfaro said. She was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where her condition had stabilized, Alfaro said.

• A 23-year-old man drove himself to the hospital after getting shot in the neck near Harrison and Cicero avenues Saturday night, police said. He was in the 600 block of South Cicero Avenue when someone opened fire about 7:35 p.m., News Affairs Officer Veejay Zala said. The man drove himself from the West Garfield Park neighborhood to West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park where his condition has stabilized, police said.